Mesothelioma Lawyer

America’s Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group, has recently opened a Mesothelioma Victims Center.   When a family member of a staff member was diagnosed with mesothelioma, America’s Watchdog began to research the rare and lethal form of cancer.  Upon learning how difficult it was to get social security permanent disability or veteran’s benefits, the group decided […]

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A San Francisco awarded a $7 million verdict to the plaintiffs in a mesothelioma lawsuit against asbestos manufacturer Georgia Pacific Corp.
Joan and John Mahoney sued Georgia Pacific, claiming that the asbestos it produced was the cause of Mrs. Mahoney’s mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is an incurable, terminal cancer linked to exposure to airborne asbestos fibers. The plaintiffs […]

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In 2004, University of Illinois at Chicago scientist discovered unsafe levels of amphibole asbestos in samples taken from Oak Street Beach, and alerted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Chicago Park District. Tests run the following year by contractor Levine Fricke, however, registered only minimal asbestos levels, and the beach was declared safe.
Now, years […]

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A woman diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable cancer caused by asbestos exposure, has filed suit against her husband’s former employer DuPont, and asbestos manufacturers Union Carbide, Ingersoll-Rand, Guard-Line, and others.
Frances Barras, of Nederland, TX, claims in her suit that she developed mesothelioma as a result of years of washing her husband’s contaminated work clothes. She […]

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The family of Leonard Shafer was awarded $2.25 million by a New York City jury . He was first exposed to asbestos in his work place as a civilian employee at the New York naval shipyard and the Brooklyn naval yard during his career in the 1950s.
Mr. Shafer developed pleural mesothelioma from which he suffered […]

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